Last week, we told you the story of child killer, Ronald Exantus. Basically, he killed a 6-year-old boy by stabbing him (so many times, he bent the knife), and then attacked the boy's father and sisters. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity on the murder, but was convicted of the assault on the dad and sisters. He served 8 years for those crimes. He was recently released in Kentucky, and I learned he decided to come to sunny Florida to serve out his six months of supervised probation.
The case of the child killer who was paroled and released from prison is even more insane than you think. My team reached out to the parole board last night. We were told by their spokeswoman that under Kentucky law Logan's killer, Ronald Exantus, is considered a "non-violent…
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 7, 2025
From what I can tell, this claim is true. Under the law in the state, you can stab someone and still not qualify as a "violent offender." But this does not get the parole board off the hook, in my view. All it does is also implicate every single legislator in Kentucky who either…
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 7, 2025
I had a feeling when I read he was moving to Florida, it was going to be way too close to me. Today, when I checked the Florida Department of Corrections website, my heart sank when I saw I was right.
I just looked him up on the database and he is being supervised in Tavares. That is 30 minutes from me in Lake County. That's terrifying. I had a feeling it was going to be close https://t.co/iETNB9aP5C pic.twitter.com/4jAY0LFy1J
— Just Mindy 🐊 (@just_mindy) October 7, 2025
The child killer moved 30 minutes away from me. He will be 'supervised' for 6 months, and then he will be free to move about our community with no restrictions at all. Maybe he is a very stable person right now. Perhaps, they found a great medication that keeps him thinking straight. The problem with that is we know people like him often do well when they are being supervised and forced to take their medications. Once they don't have someone telling them what to do, they stop taking their medications, and then they are a danger to society once again. Study after study shows us inmates with severe mental illness have a much higher rate of recidivism. A 2018 study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office examined this fact in great detail. They don't take their medication, and they can't hold down jobs.
I get why the American justice system has to consider an insanity defense—it’s part of the deal. But when someone’s found 'insane' and commits murder, they shouldn’t just get a free pass. They need to serve their time in a secure facility, receiving treatment under strict supervision, not being released like it’s a Monopoly card. Letting them off doesn’t just fail society; it robs victims’ families of justice. The father of that child has said flat-out he’ll kill Ronald Exantus if they ever cross paths. That dad shouldn’t be pushed into playing vigilante. The system’s supposed to take care of justice, so he doesn’t have to risk prison for seeking it himself. Kentucky’s justice system dropped the ball, and now my neighbors in Lake County, Florida, are likely the ones who’ll pay the price.
